Movie·1983·1h 58m
The Dresser
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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The Story
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser - is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London Blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
Producer
Peter Yates, Ronald Harwood
Cinematography
Kelvin Pike
Music
James Horner
Editor
Ray Lovejoy
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Albert Finney
Sir
Tom Courtenay
Norman
Edward Fox
Oxenby
Zena Walker
Her Ladyship
Eileen Atkins
Madge
Michael Gough
Frank Carrington
Cathryn Harrison
Irene
Betty Marsden
Violet Manning
Sheila Reid
Lydia Gibson
Lockwood West
Geoffrey Thornton
Donald Eccles
Mr. Godstone
Llewellyn Rees
Horace Brown
Guy Manning
Benton
Anne Blackman
Beryl
Kevin Stoney
C. Rivers Lane
Ann Way
Miss White
John Sharp
Mr. Bottomley
Kathy Staff
Bombazine Woman
// crew
Crew
Peter Yates
Director, Producer
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay, Producer
Kelvin Pike
Director of Photography
Ray Lovejoy
Editor
James Horner
Original Music Composer
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